success and freedom and liberty in cable t.v. well for many around the world this guarantee of greatness is laughable or often downright brutal especially they ve found themselves or their family members on the business end of the us war machine and its economic imperialism and here inside the united states for all of us living outside the stone and marble halls of capitol hill one of the studios of mainstream corporate media there is no guarantee of success liberty or freedom oftentimes quite the opposite we saw that this weekend where despite passing a massive 1.9 trillion dollar code 19 relief bill once again the common decency of providing us workers at least an attempt and earning a living wage was dramatically shot down and ground into the dirt of politics as usual the hill is reporting that. the effort by senate budget committee budget committee chairman bernie sanders to waive a procedural objection to adding the $15.00 minimum wage to a covert 19 relief package was r
Please welcome to the stage chairman ray buckley. [applause] we have a message for christopher. 2018 is coming. [applause] launched a project to keep him accountable for his out of touched policies were favoring his family, friends, and corporate special interests. We are tired of his phony double speak so we are calling him out. Key issues, five where his policies are hurting New Hampshire. Education, the economy, health care, the environment, and ethics. We cannot hold him accountable alone. Follow your help, so this on twitter, like it on toebook, go to our website, learn more about the record and share it to hold him accountable. By 2 in 2016, so let us get to work and make sure he loses by far more than 2 in 2018. Is everyone clear . Everyone here what our focus is . All right then. Good evening, democrats. I am pleased that we are joined by congressman and president ial candidate john delaney. [applause] mr. Buckley congressman tim ryan. [applause] [cheers] mr. Buckley my good fr
Whether its a grandmother who cant register to vote because she cant find her birth certificate, College Students prevented from registering to vote in the place where they go to school, or even malfunctioning Voting Machines that lead to long lines and voters who need to get back to work. So they have to give up and leave the line. Certainly, we have seen that over and over again. 2016 was the first president ial election in half a century where the full Voting Rights act was not in effect. Since the Supreme Courts 2013 Shelby County decision striking down a key section in the Voting Rights act, we have seen a lot of action on the state and local level. And while some states and local communities have improved access to voting, others have restricted it. Often by targeting poor people and minority communities. We have seen numerous Voter Suppression laws passed. A number of which have been struck down by the courts for being discriminatory. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court refused
Thank you. Announcer Senate Democratic leaders voiced opposition to the republican plan for tax reform legislation, saying there were few specifics. They spoke to reporters following their weekly policy strategy lunch meeting. This is 15 minutes. Sen. Schumer good afternoon everyone. I want to thank my colleagues, to wonderful colleagues two wonderful colleagues, for joining me here today. As everyone knows, President Trump put down his phone for an hour to come to the Senate Republican luncheon to talk tax reform. Unfortunately, what the president says about tax reform has been correctly characterized by senator corker as untruths, and corker was being kind. Lets review a few of what the president says that is totally divorced, what the president says and what the public and plan does are polar opposites. The president said this is not a plan for the rich. Blatantly untrue. Untruth number one that this plan is not a plan for the rich. It repeals the estate tax, which benefits the 11,0
[indistinct chatter] [gavel] the hearing will come to order. The committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. Today, we are reviewing the nomination of dr. Tom price to be the secretary of health and Human Services. Dr. Price, we welcome you and congratulations on your nomination. Welcome, to you and your wife, betty, who is here with you. I enjoyed having the opportunity to visit with you in my office and learn about your plans. Dr. Price will be introduced today and a few minutes by a member of this committee and dr. Price plus his home state senator. Before senator isakson introduces the nominee, senator murray and i will make a few introductory remarks. After the nominee makes his statement, we will have a usual round of questions. Let me Say Something about that round of questions. Last night, we had a hearing of 3. 1 hours. I tried as chairman to be fair by following the same precedent we had with president obamas two education nominees by having one ro